A rapper who accused J. Cole and his Dreamville team of jacking the song “Stick” is walking back his claims after allegedly speaking to the label. The song arrived on the surprise D-Day: A Gangsta Grillz Mixtape, which dropped on Thursday night (March 31).
On Friday (April 1), Rockstar JT of Atlanta, Georgia alleged on Instagram, “In 2020 I dropped STICK … 2022 @dreamville dropped STICK … I know they are way bigger artist than me but these songs sound identical just structured different .. this is not for clout but do y’all hear it?”
The post gained some traction once Rockstar JT’s tweet was shared on The Neighborhood Talk, at least enough to warrant an alleged response from Dreamville. The aspiring rapper quickly updated his post and claimed he’d spoken with someone at the label. As he explained in the caption, the song in question was recorded in 2019.
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“I talked with the team behind the song and they were in contact with dreamville’s team and come to find out they had their song recorded in 2019 it just wasn’t released,” he wrote. “My goal is never to get clout or come up off another man. Coming from where I come from we work hard that’s it. I posted the post last night & this morning I found out when it was recorded. I respect Dreamville and let’s just move on with more great hits.”
He added in the caption, “Thankful for everybody supporting man. This morning the air was cleared. let’s move on and build all these BLACK artists up.c #Dreamville #Stick.”
Compare the songs below.
Naahh Those hooks sound definitely similar, no matter how basic they both are…Big artists are known for jacking ideas from up and comers so I wouldn’t be surprised but if it’s squashed it’s squashed so……
But dreamville had that song.recorded in 2019. The other dude released his track in 2020
That’s how dude give it up. Didn’t he steal some cover art from a artist recently???
I love how sideline dudes still put up an argument after those involved have said there is no issue. Yet people still want to throw shade. Drama Queens.
Okay…. there is absolutely zero evidence that this is merely coincidental. Even if that entire song was recorded in 2019, that hook was added after they heard bro song. ain’t no way the cadence and inflections are exactly the same. this is like when kendrick stole DNA, or the whole Blurred Lines thing (even though that was major label on major label crime), etc.